Tuesday, August 11, 2009

So I finished A Passage to India by E.M. Forster yesterday. One of the books in the Time's list. It was good. It was well written. But, no, it was not the best novel I've ever read.

To sum it up, it is a novel about racism in British India between the English, Muslims and Hindus in the 1920s. The first half of the book introduced us to the characters and developed the racism theme. The second half of the book was about the incident in the Marabar Caves and the trial that came out of that.

For a "classic" it was fairly easy to read and understand. One of the things that bothered me was how Forster would jump from one characters thoughts to another- it made it hard to distinguish who the actual speaker was. Another thing I found funny and unrealistic was the level of emotion in some of the characters. For instance, Dr. Aziz would meet a English woman for a few minutes and then declare her his best friend (and be serious about it). I don't know how to explain it, but it seemed very unrealistic to me (but maybe people acted like this in India during the 1920s)??

Grant

This is Grant- he is a joke making, bike riding, tattoo wearing, cheesecake loving, iron pumping, sweat tea drinking, jeep riding man living his life with a doting wife and precious daughter. And he totally loves my cats too, though he'll never admit to it!

Coraline

This is Coraline. She loves to eat! Likes to wave "Hi." Can be a tad dramatic. Adores being held and thrown into the air. LOVES the cats although they are still a little unsure of her.

Maclain

This is Maclain. He likes to sleep and eat. . . a lot. Loves to be held. Loves his big sister too!

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Andrea's Handmade Stamped Cards

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